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F♯ ionian major #2 Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: E#, F#, G##, A#, B, C#, D# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

A string: G##, A#, B, C#, D#, E#, F#, G## at frets 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12

D string: D#, E#, F#, G##, A#, B, C# at frets 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11

G string: G##, A#, B, C#, D#, E#, F# at frets 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11

B string: B, C#, D#, E#, F#, G##, A#, B at frets 0, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

High E string: E#, F#, G##, A#, B, C#, D# at frets 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11

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F# ionian major #2

The ionian #2 scale, the sixth mode of the neapolitan minor scale, is a major scale whose 2nd is raised to a sharp 2nd, creating an augmented 2nd leap right at the start. The rest is textbook major, so melodies keep snapping between exotic and plain. It is a striking way to make a familiar major progression sound foreign.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

F♯

I

F♯maj
G𝄪

#II

B7no5/G𝄪
A♯

iii

A♯m
B

IV

Bmaj
C♯

V+

C♯aug
D♯

vi

D♯m
E♯

VII

E#maj♭5

Same notes, different mode

F# ionian major #2 uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

A ultralocrianA# neapolitan minorB lydian #6C# mixolydian augmentedD# romani minorE# locrian dominant

ionian major #2 in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Play F# major but leap from the root straight to #2 (A) and settle on the 3rd; one displaced note makes familiar lines sound foreign.
  • Use the #2 (A) as a chromatic ornament to the 3rd (A#) in an otherwise textbook major solo; ration it and it stays striking.
  • It is the sixth mode of neapolitan minor, sharing its notes with the neapolitan minor a major 3rd below F#.
  • Over a plain major triad, alternate phrases from F# major and F# ionian #2 (A) to make one chord feel like two worlds.

How to play F♯ ionian major #2 on guitar

Only the open A and open B strings fall inside this key, and the A rings as G##, so open strings here are colour and never a pedal. Roots sit at fret 2 on both E strings and fret 9 on the A string, which puts box one between frets 2 and 5. F#M is the I chord, on a signature of 6 sharps. Capo at fret 2 for the E shapes.

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